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nosecreekon Why Apple and the Carriers Want Your Old iPhone

Interesting, I've got a bunch of old iPhones in a drawer and would be interested in doing some sleep tracking. What app are you using/any idea how old of an iPhone would still work for this?

nosecreekon Indoor air quality and learning: Evidence from large field study in schools [pdf]

Also a former home-schooled child, and I say go ahead and do it. Like any other kind of schooling, homeschooling does have some downsides, so be aware of them and do your best to mitigate those things (i.e. be very intentional about finding other avenues for your kids to socialize like clubs, sports, etc.)

nosecreekon Ask HN: Those making $0/month or less on side projects – Show and tell

I built a tool for predicting the outcome of matchups in Yahoo Fantasy Hockey (head-to-head category based leagues). I find it helpful for determining what categories to focus on when picking up streamers/free agents. https://fantasyhockey.fly.dev/

Also, I've seen a few budgeting apps on here. I didn't build Budget with Buckets[1], but I do think it's a great YNAB alternative _except_ that there is no mobile app. So I built a web app that can be used on mobile. https://buckets.goatcounter.com/

[1]https://www.budgetwithbuckets.com/

nosecreekon Over 16k people still use a Pebble smartwatch

Thanks. Looks like it’s Android only, but I’ll look to see if there’s anything similar for iOS

nosecreekon Over 16k people still use a Pebble smartwatch

Seeing as several folks have recommended the Amazfit Bip as an alternative, and I’m considering getting one, I’m wondering if anyone who owns one can comment on: 1. How well it plays with iPhone and 2. Do you have any privacy concerns? I don’t know much about Amazfit as a company.

nosecreekon Ask HN: Who wants to be hired? (November 2022)

Location: Calgary, AB, Canada

Remote: Yes

Willing to relocate: No

Technologies: React, Node.js, JavaScript, PHP, Typescript, CSS, SCSS

Résumé/CV: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1y_Z5eHFoRrqNjqCwPn0RQUnsAZN...

Email: dustin _at_ lammiman.ca

Website: https://dustin.lammiman.ca/

I’ve loved creating things with computers for as long as I can remember and have run a part time web design business for the last 13 years. Although this has primarily been a part-time role, I believe I have demonstrated that I can successfully complete projects in a timely manner that meet or exceed my clients’ expectations. To be successful, I have had to be self-motivated and a quick learner. Now I’m looking to make the jump into a full-time career in web/software development. Primarily looking for Junior-Intermediate Full Stack or Front End Developer positions, but open to other opportunities as well!

nosecreekon Life after Heroku: What's a dev to do?

Just double checked and I’m pretty sure this not true? Or at least it won’t be as of November 28. Unless I’m reading something wrong?

nosecreekon Heroku Free Alternatives

Free tier is limited to 12 months though, isn’t it?

nosecreekon Heroku Free Alternatives

I’ve been using cron-job.org this way on my own side project and it’s been working great.

nosecreekon Guthib

True, but guthub.ca is (or now was) available. @plg, do you mind if I steal the idea? Actually love the idea of open source recipes with pull requests, branches, etc. and I’ve been looking for an idea for my next side project…

nosecreekon Ask HN: Who wants to be hired? (September 2022)

Location: Calgary, AB, Canada

Remote: Yes

Willing to relocate: No

Technologies: React, NodeJS, JavaScript, PHP, Typescript, SCSS

Résumé/CV: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1iK8FqSXmkJW7l0l7dFl0EGAUD7R...

Email: dustin _at_ lammiman.ca

Website: https://dustin.lammiman.ca/

I’ve loved creating things with computers for as long as I can remember and have run a part time web design business for the last 12 years. Now I’m looking to make the jump into a full-time career in web development or software engineering. Self-motivated and willing to learn!

nosecreekon Ask HN: Share your personal site

https://dustin.lammiman.ca/

It's mostly ice cream recipes right now, but also has photos of the teardrop trailer we're building, etc.

nosecreekon Ask HN: Share your personal site

Heads up, it's giving me a "Your connection is not private" warning on both Chrome and Safari iOS

nosecreekon Show HN: I made a web game using emojis and no JS framework

I actually liked that it had both a timer and move limit - helps prevent analysis paralysis. My biggest complaint was that the blue and purple colours seemed very similar.

nosecreekon Ask HN: Switching to a career in software development in my 30s?

Thanks. Although I do well in school, I've also never had any issues with self-directed learning and would probably prefer to go that route if possible. I suppose part of what I'm worried about is that I won't be able to see where the gaps are in my knowledge, and that I won't know when I've learned "enough" to realistically get employed.

For example, I know enough to create some solid Wordpress templates. I even created an online booking system for an RV rental company. But I suspect my rental system (no longer used) had some pretty big security holes, and I would often get lost if I had to modify code in existing plugins/templates made by others. So I'm sure I've got a fair bit to learn before I'd be able to contribute well in a team setting.

And of course I get worried that it will be difficult to demonstrate to a potential employer that I have the skills they want without a formal degree/certification. But I suppose that's where something like github profile is especially valuable?

nosecreekon Ask HN: Switching to a career in software development in my 30s?

I've heard the advice before about trying to find a way to use programming within your current field, and couldn't think of any connections with my field - but I appreciate that your comment has helped me think of this a bit more broadly. For example, in my work at a church I plan events, coordinate volunteers, oversee the use of budgets, etc. Will think on this more, thanks! Project manager position is an interesting idea.

nosecreekon Ask HN: Do you prefere to click on your countries TLD results in search?

Canadian here - personally it very much depends. If I'm buying something it definitely makes a difference, especially if it's a physical product. The .ca tld tells me that the pricing will be in Canadian dollars, the shipping will probably be reasonable, I won't have to worry about import duty, etc.

For other sites it probably doesn't make a huge difference, but there still may be a slight subconsious bias towards the local tld.

nosecreekon iOS 7.1

Really thankful they added a "new" Month view in the calendar app. The ability to see all the events for a day at a glance was something I was really missing from iOS 6.

nosecreekon Show HN: QuizzedIt.com – Extraordinarily Accurate Quizzes

In case it isn't obvious, this a joke, made in a few hours after I got sick of seeing this kind of quiz in my Facebook newsfeed.

nosecreekon How The Content Industry Almost Killed Blockbuster

Right, this is about how the rental business model was almost made illegal in the 80s.

nosecreekon Maps That Show How Americans Speak English Differently From Each Other

I'm in Canada where y'all doesn't get used much, but when I was learning Greek we used y'all as the English plural "you".

nosecreekon Show HN: Weekend project - Magnific Popup

Very nice. One feature request: add touch navigation (touch and drag like in RoyalSlider) for galleries. Add this and it will probably be my goto lightbox.

nosecreekon Why does everyone hate GoDaddy?

I have my own personal moral reasons for not wanting to support them financially, but I also find that from a technical standpoint their shared hosting and domain management is terrible. I find the control panels extremely confusing, and the few times I have had to host WordPress sites with them they were slow as molasses in January.

nosecreekon Introducing Vdio

Canada has Amazon's digital services? I was surprised to see Rdio on this list as well, but it does look like they now work in Canada.

nosecreekon Forecast – Worldwide Weather Forecasts From the Makers of Dark Sky

It doesn't look like this toggle exists on the mobile app.

nosecreekon First draft of the Wordpress Twenty Thirteen theme posted

Wow, this is quite different from their usual clean and "safe" default themes. I think I like it though. I also like that WordPress is putting an emphasis on different post formats, that is a feature that is underused IMO.

nosecreekon My Very Own Protocol Droid

I found it surprising that he thought his android was better at audio-on-the-go, as this is the very thing that has been keeping me on iOS. Maybe its because my car doesn't have built in bluetooth, but the ability to buy an FM transmitter, iPod dock, etc. and just know that my iPhone will work with it is a huge plus. In talking with my Android using friends, I've also never run across anyone who thought that they could find a better music player for Android than the built in iOS music player. Has the music experience on Android been significantly updated in the most recent OS versions?

nosecreekon ZenPen

2. Click the " button again and it will unquote.

nosecreekon ZenPen

It looks like Ctrl+b and Ctrl+i work for bolding and italicizing.

nosecreekon Dynamically generate HTML/CSS for forms, icons, buttons

Nice tool. It would be good if you also allowed for manually entering certain values. For example, I might want to set the font-size to 16px because that is the font-size used by the rest of my stylesheet. With just the slider I don't really know how the text on my button will look next to the rest of my page.